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WASHINGTON & THE SAVANNAH HEBREW CONGREGATION – Gazette of the United States. New York: 19 June 1790. Vol. 2, No. 20.
Levi Sheftal’s congratulations to President George Washington, being the first address by a Jewish community to Washington after the election. “Your unexampled liberality and extensive philanthropy have dispelled that cloud of bigotry and superstition, which has long as a veil shaded religion….” Both Sheftal’s address, as President of the Hebrew Congregation of Savannah, and Washington’s reply are printed on page two.
4 pages, folio (416 x 255mm). (Even toning.)
Levi Sheftal’s congratulations to President George Washington, being the first address by a Jewish community to Washington after the election. “Your unexampled liberality and extensive philanthropy have dispelled that cloud of bigotry and superstition, which has long as a veil shaded religion….” Both Sheftal’s address, as President of the Hebrew Congregation of Savannah, and Washington’s reply are printed on page two.
4 pages, folio (416 x 255mm). (Even toning.)